2 Confirmation numbers for Southwest?

[suzydisney971]

Hi everyone

I have booked my flights for Disney for next July. My husband and I have separate RR points that I was able to use to book flights and also had to pay for. So essentially, I have a confirmation number for my flights and my husband has a confirmation number for his and our son's flights. Is there a way that I can link them so when I do the 24 hour check in that I can check us in all at once so we will get the same letter and close numbers (ie B 24 25 26 or close enough). I thought I could do it but I can't seem to figure it out.

On the way back, I did early bird check in for all 3 flights but again, different confirmation numbers so hoping to link so that we can board together (ish). I don't want be in Section C while they could possibly be in Section B.

Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks

 

[anonymousegirl]

No sorry. You will have to check in online separately.

 

[MakiraMarlena]

You can't link them but if you all have Early Bird it's probably more than someone will be in A and someone else in B. But you likely won't all have consecutive boarding numbers.

 

[starry_solo]

Maybe pay for early bird for the one reservation with one ticket and then be online 24 hours in advance for the reservation with 2 tickets?

 

[Spunky946]

No. We just flew to Ft Lauderdale for a cruise and had two diffferent numbers. I used two different devices and checked us in at the same time. Dh and the kids were on one and I was separate as a companion.

Dh and the kids were b 14, 15, 16 and I was b 18. We are doing early bird on the way back so we don’t have to buy internet to check in.

 

[keishashadow]

Hi everyone

I have booked my flights for Disney for next July. My husband and I have separate RR points that I was able to use to book flights and also had to pay for. So essentially, I have a confirmation number for my flights and my husband has a confirmation number for his and our son's flights. Is there a way that I can link them so when I do the 24 hour check in that I can check us in all at once so we will get the same letter and close numbers (ie B 24 25 26 or close enough). I thought I could do it but I can't seem to figure it out.

On the way back, I did early bird check in for all 3 flights but again, different confirmation numbers so hoping to link so that we can board together (ish). I don't want be in Section C while they could possibly be in Section B.

Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks

Is each person booked under their own RR rewards account? If so, log in to each account ahead of time, use two different devices/browser windows. At T-24 log in, go thru normal checkin procedure on both accounts.

Conversely, whomever gets the first slot saves a seat for the 2nd. Heading past the emergency exits makes holding down a seat easier.

 

[CarolMN]

.....(snop)........whomever gets the first slot saves a seat for the 2nd. Heading past the emergency exits makes holding down a seat easier.

Agree. This is what I would do. It's not that hard to save one seat, especially if you head towards the back of the plane. Assuming you want to sit next to each other, one of you gets a middle seat - those fill up last on every SWA flight I've ever flown. Very unlikely anyone will challenge you for a middle seat past the emergency row.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Hi everyone

I have booked my flights for Disney for next July. My husband and I have separate RR points that I was able to use to book flights and also had to pay for. So essentially, I have a confirmation number for my flights and my husband has a confirmation number for his and our son's flights. Is there a way that I can link them so when I do the 24 hour check in that I can check us in all at once so we will get the same letter and close numbers (ie B 24 25 26 or close enough). I thought I could do it but I can't seem to figure it out.

On the way back, I did early bird check in for all 3 flights but again, different confirmation numbers so hoping to link so that we can board together (ish). I don't want be in Section C while they could possibly be in Section B.

Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks

You can't link the confirmation numbers. On boarding together it depends on when each ticket was purchased and the type of fare purchased. If let's say you purchased your ticket and then immediately after your husband purchased his and your son's ticket you have a greater chance of the numbers being closer together. If you waited a while in between then you have a greater chance of the numbers being farther apart. But it all depends on each flight. Your flight going to Disney could have a completely different situation than your flights leaving Disney.

I don't know the whole scenario here but having reward accounts doesn't mean you have to book separate transactions. If it was just a straight pay for flights situation you could have 1 ticket purchase and then under each passenger's name there is a spot to enter in their RR account number so they can earn points for the flight.

If however you were using RR points from each person's account to pay for a ticket or a portion of a ticket then I understand the separate transactions aspect.

I do agree middle seats are the least desirable. If someone is sitting in a middle seat by choice it's usually because they are with their traveling party. Just about every flight I've heard "ok folks we're down to middle seats on middle seats only".

 

[bumbershoot]

On boarding together it depends on when each ticket was purchased and the type of fare purchased. If let's say you purchased your ticket and then immediately after your husband purchased his and your son's ticket you have a greater chance of the numbers being closer together. If you waited a while in between then you have a greater chance of the numbers being farther apart.

That’s only with earlybird, as far as I know.

For those who don’t buy EB, it depends on when exactly you do the online checkin and how many unseen people are doing it at the same time.

Heck, I’ve checked us in on the same reservation and had a number in between us. Someone’s online checkin slid in there in the millisecond between my pass number being generated and my son’s.